380 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Pipturus argen- 
teus Wedd., from which it is readily distinguishable by its un- 
usually narrow, lanceolate leaves. 
POLYCHROA Loureiro 
‘ (Pellionia Gaudichaud) 
POLYCHROA MULTINERVIA sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, erecta vel subscandens, usque ad 50 cm alta, par- 
tibus junioribus et subtus foliis ferrugineo-pubescentibus; 
foliis membranaceis, lanceolatis, aequilateralibus, 15 ad 20 cm 
longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi obtusis, margine grosse et 
regulariter dentatis, nervis utrinque circiter 30, perspicuis; 
cymis axillaribus, parvis, circiter 1 cm diametro; floribus 9 
5-meris, sepalis omnibus corniculatis, sub anthesin 3 mm longis, 
accrescentibus et sub fructu 6 mm longis, partibus inferioribus 
ellipticis; staminoideis sub fructu valde incrassatis. 
An erect or somewhat scandent simple suffrutescent plant 
up to 50 em high, the younger parts and the nerves and midribs 
on the lower surface of the leaves distinctly ferruginous-pubes- 
cent. Stems somewhat woody, terete, brown when dry, 2 to 
2.5 mm in diameter, the younger parts somewhat sulcate or 
angled. Leaves membranaceous, lanceolate, 15 to 20 cm long, 
2.5 to 4 cm wide, equilateral, the base usually obtuse, gradually 
narrowed upward to the slenderly acuminate apex, the margins 
coarsely dentate except at the very base, the teeth 5 to 8 mm 
apart, the upper surface olivaceous, shining, glabrous, smooth, 
minutely and densely pitted, the pits very shallow, cystoliths 
entirely wanting; lateral nerves about 30 on each side of the 
midrib, very distinct on the lower surface, the reticulations 
lax; petioles ferruginous-pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long; stipules 
lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, brown, about 1 cmlong. Cymes 
axillary, solitary, rather dense, about 1 cm in diameter, their 
peduncles up to 5 mm long, the pedicels less than 1 mm long. 
Female flowers, in anthesis, 3 mm long, green. Sepals 5, the 
basal part elliptic, about 1 mm long, somewhat cucullate, all 
spurred from the back, the spurs slender, about 2 mm long. The 
sepals in fruit accrescent and including the spur up to 6 mm 
in length, the spur obscurely ciliate. Staminodes in fruit much 
thickened, obovate, somewhat 4-angled, truncate, about 1 mm 
long, and 0.8 mm wide. Achene elliptic-ovate, somewhat com- 
pressed, about 2 mm long. 
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